The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-17
CHAPTER CXLvIII.
An act providing for sewerage in and by


adjoining cities, towns and townships.
1, Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That where any town or township in this
state having the power to construct sewers
and drains is or shall be so situated that
such town or township, or a section there
of, shall have no outlet for sewers or for
sewerage or drainage except through and
across the territory of an adjoining city,
town or township, it shall be lawful for the
council or township committee of such
town or township to contract and agree in
writing with the proper municipal authori-
ties of any such adjoining municipality for
the privilege and right to connect aud dis
charge the sewers and drains of such town
or township, built or contemplated to be
built with and into the sewers of such adj
joining municipality, for such sum or con-
sideration in gross and upon such terms
and for and during such period as may be
settled upon and determined bv and
between the said respective local authori-
ties.
q And be it enacted, That in case sum
in gross is agreed to be paid for such right
or privilege, it shall be lawful for the coun-
Gil or township committee of su;h town or
township, in order to raise the moneys
agreed to be paid therefor. to issue and sell
bonds in the corporate name of such town
or township for an amount not exec eding
the price so agreed to be paid to be not
exceeding five years, and to bear interest
at rate not exceeding six per centum per
annum.
g. And be it enacted, That whenever
such town or township shall construct
main sewer to connect with any sewer in
such adjoining municipality the whole cost
and expense of obtaining such right or
privilege as aforesaid, including interest
thereon to such time, shall then be includ-
ed in and shall form part of the total cost
and expense of constructing such main
sewer, and shall be included in any assess
ment or assessments made or to be made
for benefits arising from the construction
OF such main sewer.
4 And be it enacted, That the said
council or township committee of any such
town or township and the proper municipal
authorities of such adjoining municipality,
instead of making the contract or agree
ment provided for by the first section of
this act, may each appoint two disinter-
ested commissioners, who, after first max
ing oath or affirmation in writing that they
will exercise the powers and discharge the
duties vested and imposed upon them hon.
estly and faithfully and to the best of their
abiiItv and understanding, shall appoint an
additional disinteres.ed commissioner to
act with them, who shall reside in the
county and but shall q nonresident of
either such town or township or such adj
joining municipality, who shall make the
same oath or affirmation as is above re-
quired to be made by the other commits
sion rs, all of which oaths or affirmations
aforesaid shall be filed in the Office of the
clerk of the county in which such NUM-
cipalities are situated.
s. And be it enacted, That after filing
the oaths provided for il the next proceed
ing section the sui commissioners shall
consider all the territory in each muuiei-
patty and shall ascertain and determine
the area in each having no sewerage whica
could conveniently be drained and severed
into the same outlet or main sewer, and
shall make map showing such drainage
area, divided into lots and parcels of land
and showing also the size, route and outlet
of main or outlet sewer proper and suffi-
cient for@ that purpose; they shall also pre-
pare plans and specifications of the work
required to be done thereon, and also an
estlmste or estimates of the probable total
cost and expense of constructing the same;
they shall likewise ascertain and determine
the probable assessment which will be
levied or imposed upon each lot and par
eel of land in such drainage areas. specially
benefited by the construction of such a
sewer, and also the proportion of the total
cost and expense OF construction which
each municipality ought to bear and pay,
and within three months after the appoint
ment of the last commissioner shall make
aud file with the proper authorities of each
municipality interested therein duplicates
of their reports, plans, estimates and maps,
aud such duplcaie s shall remain open TO
public examination and inspection in the
may be filed until the time for presenting
objections thereto. as hereinafter provided,
shall have expired; hotice of the fling of
such reports, plans, estimates and maps
shall be published by the clerk Of each
municipality in the official newspapers
thereof for four weeks successfully, az
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